The study evaluated the role of bilateral institutions in capacity building with a focus on the European Union Support for Reforming Institutions Programme (EU-SRIP) in Anambra State. The study examined relevance of EU-SRIP goals, effect of EU-SRIP on enhancement of civil servants competence in public finance management and challenges facing implementation of EU-SRIP in Anambra State. Data were collected from 330 senior civil servants from two purposively selected ministries: Ministries of Finance and Economic Planning and Budget. Mean, frequency counts and tables were used to present and describe collected data. Also hypotheses were tested through the application of t-tests at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that the goals of EU-SRIP were in line with critical capacity building needs of Anambra State public finance management; that EU-SRIP had positive effect on the fiscal management competence enhancement of civil servants. The study therefore, recommends among others a simplification of operational procedures of EU-SRIP to make it easier for government official at state and local governments to key in.
European Union, EU-SRIP, Fiscal Management, Capacity Building
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